The Tories seem to be preparing for a vigorous assault
upon those " sour grapes" the Metropolitan constituencies, which they have till now affected to disdain. The principle of their plan we understand to be this : expecting division amongst Reformers in consequence of the Toryism of the Whigs, they will set up Tory candidates, and take the chance of what may be done by intimidation, bribery, vote splitting,. the No-Popery cry, and the application of all their means to the sup- port of but one candidate in each place. None but choice specimens of the Tory party will be brought forward; men of great worth in pri- vate life,—such as Sir GEORGE MURRAY, who is to fight the Tory battle in Westminster, and Maumee FITZGERALD, the Knight of Kerry, who has announced himself, and been heartily adopted by the Tories of Lambeth, as a candidate for that borough. Sir ROBERT PEEL is talked of for Marylebone, or perhaps Middlesex. The plan is cunning enough, and not unlikely to succeed here and there, provided its foundation be secure. But the Reformers may be united at the next general election, as they were at the last. In that case, the more Tory candidates in the Metropolis, the better for our cause; since the lesson of their certain defeat would be more instruc- tive. But in that case, of course, the scheme would be wholly abandoned.
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